Securing carriage window-frames to curtains



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UNITED ASTATESr PATENT OFFICE.

ABIJAH S. PARKER, CIN OINNATI, OHIO.

SEQURING CARRIAGE WINDOW-FRAMES TO CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,021, dated May 6, 1884.

' Application tiled December 12, 1882. (No model.)

To tu whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ARIJAH S. PARKER. a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented'acertain new and useful improvement in window-frames for secur ingwindows in leather or textile fabrics, such as carriage-windows; andv I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

The novelty of my invention consists in the construction and combination of the part-s, as

will be herewith set forth and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my impro-ved window-frame as applied to the carriage-curtain, the parts being broken away at different points to show their manner of attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe rear glass-confining frame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional View of the frame as applied to the curtain. Fig. 4 is an enlarged View, in perspective, showing one end of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view, in cross-section, of one side of the frame.

The same letters of reference indicate like parts in different gures.

Hitherto it has been customary to have an outside frame for the glass, struck up from sheet metal, and provided with projecting pins or tangs on its edge, which were adapted to pass through the material to which the window was to be attached, and to be bent over against the rear metal frame. The objection to this construction is that the'perforations made by these tangs through the fabric would always show and be unsightly. To remedy this difficulty and to form a more simple and durable frame, I use the following device:

A represents any suitable sheet-metal` outer frame, into which the glass B is inserted, and

is held by a second rear frame, C, of sheet metal, secured at the sides by being sprung under iianges a a', formed on each side of the frame A, and held in place at each end by small overlappingears` or detents a upon the outer frame. Thisinner fratrie just fits iiush within the outer fra'me after the glass has been inserted, and it is provided with any number of integral tangs, bswhich project at right angles from the frame and at a distance from its outer edges to clear flanges a a, as shown. These tangs pass through the carriage-curtain or through the material to which the frame is to be secured, and a third sheet-metal frame, D, provided with slots to permit the passage of the tangs b, isplaced against the inner side of the curtain. To unite the parts itis now merely necessary to bend over or clinch the tangs upon the frame, D, and the structure will be completed.

In carriage-curtains when cloth coverings l or linings are employed they may be utilized fon hiding theinner frame, D,`as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 5. Such cloth coverings E are doubled under the frame D before being stitched or secured to the carriage-curtain, and thus a very symmetrical and sightly effect is produced.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- I A Window-frame `for carriage-curtains; of

leather, textile fabrics, or other material, composed of an outer glass-receiving frame, a second glassretaining frame provided with tangs.

which project from the frame at a distance from the edge of the outer frame, and an inner frame against which the tangs are clinched, substantially as and for the purpose specified.A

ARTJAH s. PARKER. 

